Stand for liquid-receptacles.



No. 7|5,287. Patented Dec. 9. I902.

E. M. PAINE- STAND FOR LIQUID REGEPTAGLES.

(Application filed Mar. 1'7, 1902.)

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No. 715,287. Patented Dec. 9, 902.

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UNITE EMORY M. PAINE, OF GRANDLEDGE, MICHIGAN.

STAND FOR LlQUlD-RECEPTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,287, dated December 9, 1902.

Application filed March 1'7, 1902. Serial No. 98,484. (life model.)

To all whpnt it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMORY M. PAINE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grandledge, in the county of Eaton and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stands for Liquid-Receptacles,-of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in stands for liquid-receptacles, such as bottles, jugs, and barrels; and its object is to make a stand for supporting'the bottle, jug, or barrel which may be adjusted to receive any size of receptacle, is pivoted to rotate and to tilt so that the receptacle may be turned from side to side or its inclination changed, and is vertically adjustable to increase or decrease the distance from the receptacle to the floor or other support, means being provided for holding the device in any position to which it may-be adjusted.

It is also an object of this invention to so construct a stand for casks or barrels that the cask may be easily and readily loaded thereon, the frame operating as a lever to lift the barrel,and which is adapted to be made largely of gas-pipe or other tubing, thus making it light, cheap, and durable.

To this end the invention consists in providing a base portion adapted to be secured to the door, table, counter, orother suitable place and pivotally securing to said base a supporting-frame adapted to rotate thereon and pivoted to tilt, thumb-screws being provided to hold said frame in any of its adjusted positions; and the invention also consists in making the supporting-frame of two relatively adjustable members held in their adjusted position by set-screws and pivoted with upturned ends to engage the ends of the receptacle 5 and it also consists in other new and useful features, all as hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a device embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section of the same; Fig. 3, a detail showing the yoke I in perspective; Fig.4, a side elevation of a modified construction;

and Fig. 5, a front elevation of Fig. 4, looking from left to right, with the frame turned to the position shown in dotted lines.

A is the base portion or standard, consisting of two vertical outwardly-curved posts A, connected at the bottom ends bya semicircular flange A extending outward at one side of the posts, and intermediate their ends by a cross-bar A from the forward side of which bar extends a front brace A, connected at its lower end with the middle of the flange A, the upper ends of said posts being connected by the cross-bar A and B is an adjustable supporting-frame for the receptacle, pivotally supported upon the base Aby a screw-threaded pintle O, which passes freely through an opening in the cross-bar A and engages with a screw-threaded opening in the cross-bar A so that said frame, which is supported upon the upper end of this pintle, may be raised or lowered by turning the pintle.

I) is a transverse supporting-strip formed with an eye D at each end, in which the side rods of one of the members of which the frame B is composed are longitudinally movable, said member consisting of a rod havingparallel portions forming the side rods E of the frame, the upwardly-curved portion forming the end E thereof to engage the bottom of the receptacle, the ends of said side rods E being connected bya transverse strip F, having eyes F formed at its ends, in which eyes the ends of said rods are secured. The strip F is also provided with the eyes F in its lower side adjacent to the eyes F, in which eyes F the side rods of the other member of the frame B is longitudinally movable, said member consisting of a rod having parallel portions forming the side rods G of the frame and upwardlycurved portions forming the end G thereof, the ends of said rods being connected by the transverse strip H, provided with the eyes H near its ends, in which the ends of the side rods are secured, and also formed with eyes H at its ends to slidingly engage the side rods E between the strip D and end E. As shown in Fig. 1, that portion of the rod which forms the end G of the supporting-frame is curved upward and outward from the side portions thereof and thence downward in a loop Gr to engage the rounded top and neckiof a bottle;

but this end may be formed similar to the end E or in any other suitable manner. The frame B may therefore be adjusted longitudinally upon the supporting-strip D, and the two members comprising it may be adjusted relatively to each other, as the rodsE are slidable in the eyes D and the rods G in the eyes F the strip H being also free to move along the rods E, and to hold these members in their adjusted positions set-screws D engaging screw-threaded openings inthe eyes D, engage the rods E and prevent their longitudinal movement, and set-screws F prevent the movement of the rods G in the eyes F The pintle C is provided at its upper end with an eye 0, and a supporting-yoke I, having an opening intermediate its ends through which the pintle passes and in which it is socured, is provided with upturned ends I, having openings in line with the eye 0. Projecting downward from the lower side of the strip D are ears J, which engage the eye 0', and the ears J, which engage the outer surface of the upturned ends I of the yoke, said ears being provided with openings for the passage of the binding-bolt K, which extends therethrough and through the eye 0, and openings in said upturned ends to pivotally secure the frame B to the pintle. To hold said frame in any position to which it may be tilted, the outer surface of the upturned ends I are roughened or corrugated, as shown in Fig. 3 at 1 and the inner surface of the ears Jare similarly made, so that when the thumbnut Kon the end of the binding-boltis turned it will interlock the corrugations of the two surfaces and prevent the frame from tilting. Sleeves L on said bolt K, interposed between the ends I of the yoke and the ears J, form braces for said ends and increase the binding action of the bolt.

It will be observed that the strips D, F, and H are curved downwardly to conform to the transverse curvature of the receptacles supported thereby and that the side rods of the frame extend below the strips F and H and above the strip D, so that a receptacle which is curved longitudinally, as a keg or barrel, will be supported at its ends as Well as at the middle.

Stands for barrels and casks may be constructed the same as those for bottles, jugs, &c., except that the parts must necessarily be made stronger and proportionately larger, and the same material may be used; but I prefer to use iron pipe in the construction of the same instead of rods, and to lock the frame in its tilted position I prefer to extend the ears J beyond their pivot to form sectors J which are provided with slots J concentric with the pivot, and to extend arms I downward from the ends of the yoke I and provide said arms with short binding-bolts 1 which extend through the slots J and are provided with thumb-nuts I to engage the sections. As shown in Fig. 5, instead of providing a pintle 0 having a screw-thread, so that the frame B may be raised or lowered, a plain pintle C may be used, the yoke resting upon the cross-bar A and this adjustment dispensed with. The rotary motion of the frame may also be eliminated without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The standard A is made with its supporting base or flanges extending forwardly from one side of its posts, thus leaving a perpendicular side having no projections to prevent the operator from turning the frame B to the position shown in Fig. 4, with its end E near the floor, where a barrel may be readily set on end thereon. The barrel may then be easily raised by tilting the frame by aid of the side rods G, which have been previously extended to create a greater leverage. Instead of providing the upturned end G to engage the forward end of the receptacle the rod or piping may be turned downward, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, to form a support for the frame and also to serve as a handhold to be grasped in raising the barrel.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. Inastandforliquid-receptacles,the combination with the base portion thereof; of a supporting-frame consisting of a transverse supporting-strip pivotally secured to the base portion, and two members longitudinally movable on said strip one provided with an end portion adapted to engage the bottom of a receptacle and the other formed with a loop to engage the neck of the receptacle.

2. Inastandforliquid-receptacles,thecombination with the base portion thereof; of a supporting-frame consisting of a transverse supporting-strip pivoted to the upper end of said base and formed with eyes at its ends, side rods movable longitudinally in said eyes and connected by an upwardly-curved portion forming an end, transverse strips connecting said side rods, and set-screws to engage said rods and hold the same from moving within the eyes of the said supporting-strip.

3. In a stand for liquid-receptacles, in combination with the base portion thereof, a supporting-frame consisting of a transverse strip pivotally secured to said base and formed with eyes at its ends, side rods engaging said eyes and connected by an upwardly-curved end portion, a transverse strip secured to the ends of said side rods provided with eyes near its ends, side rods engaging said last-named eyes and connected by an end portion, a transverse strip secured to the ends of the last-named side rods and provided with eyes to engage the first-named side rods, and setscrews to prevent the longitudinal movement of the side rods in said eyes.

4. In a stand for liquid-receptacles,the combination with the base portion thereof; of a supporting-frame provided with downwardlyprojecting ears having openings and corrugated surfaces, a yoke pivoted to the upper end of said base portion having openings near its ends and provided with corrugated surfaces to engage the corrugated surfaces in said ears, and a binding-bolt passing through said openings on the ears and yoke.

5. In astand for1iquid-receptacles,the com bination with a base portion having a screwthreaded opening; of a screw-threaded pintle to engage the opening in said base, a yoke secured to the upper end of said pintle and having openings near its ends and corrugated surfaces adjacent to the openings, a supporting-frame, ears on said frame having openings and corrugated surfaces, a bindingbolt extended through the openings in the ears and yoke, a sleeve on said bolt between the ends of said yoke, and a thumb-nut on said bolt.

6. In a stand for liqnid-receptacles,the combination with the base portion thereof provided with openings; of a vertical pintle engaging said openings and provided with an eye at its upper end, a yoke secured to said pintle adjacent to said eye and having upturned ends provided with openings and corrugated surfaces, a supporting-frame, a transverse snpporting-strip for said frame, downwardly-extended ears on said strip having openings and corrugated surfaces, a bindingbolt passing through the openings in the ears and yoke and through the eyes of the pintle,

sleeves on said bolt, and a thumb-nut on the end of said bolt.

7. In astand for liquid-receptacles,the combination with a base portion consisting of two vertical outwardly-curved posts connected at their lower ends bya semicircular flange extended laterallyfrom one side of said posts,

a transverse bar connecting the upper ends of said posts and provided with an opening, an intermediate bar connecting said posts and having a screw-threaded opening, and a brace extending from the forward side of the intermediate bar to the middle of said flange; of a screw-threaded pintle to engage the openings in said base portion and provided with an eye at its upper end, a yoke secured to said pintle and provided with openings and corrugated surfaces, a transverse and downwardly curved supporting strip provided with eyes at its ends, ears on said strip embracing the eye on said pintle and ears to engage the ends of the yoke and provided with openings and corrugated surfaces, a binding-bolt passing through the openings in the ears, yoke and eye of the pintle, a thumbnut on said bolt, sleeves on said bolt between the ears and the ends of the yoke, longitudinaily-movable side rods connected by upwardly-projecting portions forming ends to engage the ends of a receptacle, transverse downwardly-curved strips each secured to the ends of one pairof said side rods and provided with eyes to engage the other set of side rods, and set-screws to prevent the 1ongitudinal movement of the said rods in the eyes.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMORY M. PAINE.

Witnesses:

W. R. CLARKE, ANNA F. SMITH. 

